The Absolute Basics (lesson)

[Takahashi Aki]

How long had it been since he had graduated? The Steward had to think. Over a decade and a half now? Close to two decades? Sousuke as a child didn't really enjoy school. Mainly due to the fact that he was subjected to bullying by one Inuzuka Shizune. Granted in today's world ... most children had considerable backbone, if one were to use Okibi as a standard. Sousuke still wasn't a socialite by any means, but his father suggested that he go teaching some children. It would do him good to go out and examine the future of Suna. Yes. What his father said was true. This could not be argued, and thus the Steward took time out of his always cramped schedule to teach a lesson.

Sousuke wheeled himself into the room upon his wheelchair. The Steward looked about the room. Was... was this the room he had his classes in those many years ago? Yes. It looked the same. Yes. By the ancestors, even the teacher's desk was still the same. How... disappointing. The Steward stopped moving about and allowed his form to become armoured. Once fully encased in black plate Sousuke made some changes to the room. He removed the usual five by five desk structure, and even removed the teacher's desk. He rolled out a floor mat and placed it on the floor. From there he simply took a seat. His metallic plates receding as he took his seat. For a moment Sousuke stood up on his knees. A few cracks were heard, but at the very least he knew his legs were still recovering from his mishap from a few months ago.

And now he simply waited. To have time pass by he began to work with some imaginary numbers, and some metal theorems to play with. His armour designs were always capable of further improvement.

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

((OoC: Sorry for the delay, School was on lock down and I couldn't make it to the library...))

Aru was excited. She had her first class a head of her today. She tightened her boy that held up her hair, and patted her skirt down. She through on her black jacket and shoes and ran to the door. With a fiery smile, she busted through the door of her house and into the brand new world. This little girl was going to hold nothing back. She made her way to the Academy, passing through the Sietch Zensunna on her way to class. She was ready for anything. As Aru approached the Shinobi Complex she could feel the butterflies in her stomach. She had heard from other students that she was in for a special treat today. She smiled and made her way through the door.

As she merrily skipped through the halls she could hear the sounds of movement of large objects in the direction of her class. She smiled and ran to the door. Class sounded like it had already started. As she ran into the class, she saw that it was empty, except for the mat and the teacher of the class. As she reared to a stop, she realized that she just barged into the class room, and no only that, but the classroom that held the Steward. She panicked slightly, clasping her hands together in front of her she bowed to the steward and apologized for the means of her entrance.

~Sorry for barging in like that, Sir.

She reared back up and slowly walked to a spot on the mat. She was red in the face, as she was embarrassed. She slumped down and took a seat catty-cornered to the Steward. She was nervous more now than ever.

[MFT:285]

 

[Michi]

"Cousin!" Shiori yelled as she scurried down the halls the the the Sunan Academy. The floor was slicker than she remembered, was it tile now or some sort of smooth stone. Her fuzzy socks slid down the corridors, she enjoyed the wooshing sound she heard with the passing of each doorframe, the snapshot of each room empty or occupied. She knew he had to be near, his wheelchair had a distinctive squeak that she could hear a mile away. "Cousin!" She repeated as she let her word resonate throughout the learning space. She skidded to a less than graceful stop as her momentum pulled her onward, she crashed into the wall adjacent with an abrupt thud.

"Cousin!" She yelled again to regain her barrings. Small child... Not Sousuke... Large rectangular thing... Not Sousuke... Lazy man sitting in a chair with wheels. She found Sousuke. He was always one for the dramatic. Just because the hard things in his leg were now multiple smaller hard things he was going to sit in the chair of wheels until they magically became a single unit. How bothersome. Surely there was some medical magic... erm... jutsu that could have served as a remedy to hasten his "recovery" but NOOooo... Now Aunty had her buzzing about making sure he had things, like a lunch or his keys or that he had an alternative route if his destination involved stairs, the ultimate barrier to the chair of wheels.

Ignoring the stranger she shouted, "Sou-Sou, you forgot your underwear!" She waved a black lacy thing back and forth, it was a lacy male thong. Where she found it would likely be a mystery to everyone but it was something she had to have come across in his living quarters somewhere. "Aunty said I need to take care of you, and having clean underwear in case of death so you can eliminate your contents into a fresh pair is a necessity! I am not sure why!" Her tone was that of shouting despite being in the same room, the crash into the wall had rattled her hearing briefly as any sudden loud noise often did.

She then noted the additional stranger person. She was smaller than her, but most students are. It was part of their job to be small. "Hi!" She announced as she chucked the banana hammock at Sousuke and took a seat. She would hang out for the duration of class, it was quite possible that he would need her. "I am Shiori, I am supposed to take care of him. I'll sit here," she announced as she scooted her desk forward several inches.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke's dark eyes showed indifference. He wasn't disturbed by Aru's barging in. "Not at all. Aru of the House Suteki."<i></i> He simply said as he would dip his head in a slight nod. The Steward observed a lacking of solid nerves in the child. Her bright red face. Sousuke would merely give the youth a moment to gather her cunning, her wits, and her nerves. "Today we are about to take a big step in your journey to join the ranks and to serve your nation. Simple theory work, and perhaps some application, if time permits it."<i></i> The Steward would explain. Then came a slight commotion. Sousuke's eyes would shift to the left. "Someone comes."<i></i> Within seconds he heard Shiori cry out to him. "Let your nerves harden like steel. My cousin comes."<i></i> When he heard the thud he merely raised his hand. "She'll be fine... I hope."<i></i>

What Shiori was going on about caused Sousuke's eyebrow to raise. His eyes narrowed slightly as she held up something that she claimed was his. "That is not mine... and secondly those look most uncomfortable. You can keep them... should their proper owner not come to claim them."<i></i> Sousuke kept his cool. He spoke calmly and in a monotone voice. "Maybe I should just incinterate those now because you'll only become dangerously possessive and obessive over those. Do you even know where you found those...?"<i></i> Sometimes Shiori found the most awful things in the most awful places. "Aru this is Shiori. I am indeed her cousin, and Shiori this is Aru. She is going to be educated by ... ... well now there is two of us, but I presume I will be doing most of the teaching..."<i></i> Shiori then proceeded to drag a desk about. Sousuke's brows slightly furrowed. "Don't put your back out or anything..."<i></i> He would say with some sense of concern in his voice.

"Now then Aru. Allow me to grasp your initial understanding. Can you tell me what is the difference between taijutsu, genjutsu, and ninjutsu?"<i></i> A simply inquiry, and perhaps one that was slightly too much for the youth, but it was a chance to assess her current knowledge before giving her much more to fill that young mind. Sousuke's eyes would shift over to Shiori. She couldn't see him, but she probably knew he was staring at her way. Hopefully Shiori wouldn't blurt out the answers, or carry on about that acquired piece of underwear.

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

He knew her name, she was so worried that it may lead to negative things, but she has to stay strong. She forced a smile on her face as she scratched the back of her head. "Theory, eh? Sounds good." She chuckled slightly before lowering her arm, but with the comment made by the Steward she was once again worried. Her eyes looked empty as she slowly turned toward the sound of the mystery person. Sousuke-Steward's words struck her though, she made a straight face and noded. She was frightened at what this cousin would bring.

As the woman barged in claiming that the lacey undergarments were that of the stewards, she got surprisingly mad. Why this this childish woman interrupt the steward's class? She was about to give the woman an ear full about how she was being disrespectful, but Sousuke-Steward beat her to it. Aru looked down and ignored the conversation as it seemed to be more private. That was until she heard her name. "Oh, hi." She put a fake grin as she was introduced to the rude woman-child. She sighed and looked at her sensei with her brows pinched slightly, as if asking why.

Letting out a deep breath, Aru prepared herself for the question. "Well Taijutsu, sounds like Taichi, is physical attacks right? and because Ninjutsu sounds like ninja, it's the magical attacks that Shinobi can produce. Genjutsu, I don't know that one though. Is it the weird eye things that some ninja can do?" As she spoke about Genjutsu she pointed at her eyes with her first two fingers on her left hand. As she spoke about the eye things she turned her fingers towards her new sensei and wiggled them as if shooting out magical beams.

 

[Michi]

Sure, Sousuke would deny ownership of his unmentionables. Everyone wears them, or at the very least she was confident that most people did. Likely a Sunan tradition, much like sunglasses and hats, useless articles that at one point or another became a part of one's attire. She frowned at his dismissal and stuffed the lacy piece into a pocket in her baggy cargo pants. She had forgotten how small desks were, she had gained a few feet since the last time her posterior had graced one of these seats. She shifted herself side-to-side making a ruckus as she tried to find a semi-comfortable position.

Apparently cousin was in the mist of a lesson. He was a such a smart man, she tried her hand at teaching a few times. She caused a cave in due to the overuse of explosive notes during one lesson and she released a baby sandworm with another lesson. She wondered what kind of violence would come from this lesson. She did not see kitchenzilla anywhere. The student gave her a brief greeting, Shiori oblivious to the ire she had already earned from the young woman. "Hey!" She chimed louder than necessary with a grin. She could not think of anyone she disliked, this person being no exception. "The answer is always 'justice'," she whispered loud enough for her cousin to overhear before the lesson apparently continued.

The definition of genjutsu, taijutsu and ninjutsu. Why was he going over theory when practice was so much more necessary. Who cares how a fireball works as long as it works. She glowered in silence as she shifted her weight again in her too small desk.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

It seemed that Shiori and Aru would be able to co-exist. Both of them greeted each other pleasantly enough. Usually two females did not get along well when put in the same room or so Sousuke observed. Well no. That wasn't entirely true, but most of them would result to a sort of rivalry of sorts. The Steward hoped that this would not be the case. Shiori made quite a noise when she tried to get seated. "Maybe cousin you should just sit on the floor here."<i></i> He made a patting noise on the floor mat, and he hoped she would be able to trace the sound with her most excellent hearing.

Sousuke turned his attention now to Aru who was answering his question. A small smile would cross Sousuke's face. "You are correct. Taijutsu usually refers to hand to hand combat, or marshall combat. Ninjutsu is often ... well I suppose magical is an adept description to the who have seen it for the first time. Ninjutsu often draws upon the elements to deal harm or to defend. Genjutsu refers to illusions. Some of them are casted through eyes like you just mentioned. They are often times used to confuse and disorient the enemy. They work on a variety of levels being audio, visual, and touch. Most of our senses really."<i></i> He explained. He offered Aru a small applause of sorts. "Dojutsu are sometimes clan specific, but everyone is capable of a few dojutsus."<i></i> The Steward thought about showing his own dojutsu, which really was not a true dojutsu as it relied upon using his armour and having his eyes view things through lenses.

When Shiori answered that the answer is always justice, Sousuke let out a chuckle. "Well it always helps to be justified. Don't glower Shiori... and please don't hurt yourself when you remove yourself from that desk."<i></i> He would warn her. He would return his attention back to Aru. "Now then. Today we're going to begin our studies in ninjutsu. Earlier I had referenced that most ninjutsus are elemental. There is one branch that does not have elemental qualities. Some refer to this element as to the neutral element, others refer to it as the Origins element, and ... some simply say it's non-elemental."<i></i> He explained. "We're going to start with the Body Swap jutsu. It is as it sounds, one swaps their physical body with an object, most times a kawamiri target, and other times... one can use clones, but more on that later. Would you like to see the jutsu being used?"<i></i>

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

Aru slightly grinned when her sensei acknowledged her answer. It was partially correct. She got Taijutsu and Ninjutsu down with no problem, but apparently she mistaken this Genjutsu for a different style called Dojutsu. What ever that meant. She paid close attention to what her sensei was saying, and made sure to try and memorize his definitions of the different types of jutsu. Then the woman-child spoke again. Justice? It wasn't always the answer, it was more like a reason, but she she smiled at the cousin of the steward and nodded her head as if agreeing. Turning back to her teacher, Aru listened to her sensei speak about a non-elemental type of jutsu. "But Steward-Sensei, Isn't elemental more effective?" But then she thought about the idea of a body swap, and realized how elemental prowess probably wouldn't help in this situation. "err... I ment, umm... never mind. I didn't say anything." She smiled nodded at ehr sensei as he asked her if she wanted to see the technique. Her eyes glew and her face was filled with joy. "Yes please Steward-Sensei! Is it hard?"

 

[Manami Kotone]

Kotone stood open mouthed at the broken and shattered window in front of her. Surely there had to be another way to explain what had just happened. Her teacher had literally just torn off his clothes and jumped out of the window. There was no way the Academy would hire someone who would publicly strip in front of students....would they? She figured at first that it must have been a test lesson or something but after 20 minutes of sitting there in shock, she realized that he probably wasn't going to be coming back. Sure the whole thing had seemed a little sketchy. Her mother had given her an envelope saying that the classroom that she was to report to had been changed. Seemed harmless enough, although there was a smiley face on it and it took them about 20 minutes to even figure out what the handwriting said. Kotone had questioned it but her mom said it must just be the schools way of luring new students in. Apparently there had been a decrease in the Academy Student size, so it made sense for them to want to make kids feel more welcome...sure...But then she had shown up to the classroom not only had she been the only student there, but the man who was supposed to be her professor.

The "Professor" was seated in the desk next to her. After a few awkward seconds of silence Kotone figured she should introduce herself. "Hey I'm Manimi Kotone...I'm 9 years old." He didn't seem to be paying attention instead he seemed to be....in a daze. Kotone was about to speak when a smell caught her nose, it reeked of booze. Surely the Academic Board would never allow a teacher to show up drunk? "Um....excuse me....are you drunk? You seem a little out of it, and I'm also a little confused why you're sitting next to me aren't you the teacher?" He finally shifted his eye gaze to her as if seeing her for the first time. She shrunk back in her seat covering the bottom half of her face with her overly-long sweater. Taking in the sweet scent of her mother to mask the smell of...Oh my God...was that urine? She looked down at the "teachers" lap and notice a small wet stain slowly growing. She shot her head up feeling really awkward about looking down there in the first place. "I think usually people know when they have to go to the bathroom, but it looks like....well you didn't know when you had to use the bathroom." He glanced down at himself and his eyes grew large as if just now realizing that he had wet himself. He stood up and ran to the front of the classroom, ripped off all of his clothes and jumped out of the window.

Kotone had been in shock. And that lead to where she was now...staring at the window open mouthed. She finally composed herself and closed her mouth with her hand. Quickly assessing that, he probably hadn't been a reliable teacher or was and just....no, no way. She quickly tried to remember where the classroom had been before they had memorized the change of room. She snapped her fingers and pushed up her glasses and ran to the right classroom. She could see there was already some people inside. She opened the door with her head down, ashamed that she had been late and even more ashamed that she had thought that guy was a teacher. She tried to quietly make her way to the table hoping nobody would noticed that her glasses were fogging up with embarrassment.

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

((Bump?))

 

[Takahashi Aki]

(Was going to wait for Shiori, but she must be overly busy... next time just toss me a PM)

When Aru had inquired if elemental jutsus were more powerful, Sousuke was silent for a moment as he thought it over. "It depends. Some members of certain houses are better at using certain elemental jutsus. Non-Elemental users though can be quite powerful on their own as they're not bound to certain limitations like other elements are... such as water and fire. Elemental can be more effective, but they're bound to natural law of elements. Non-elemental jutsus have far less rules to adhere to. Like a chakra blast can still negate a water blast, if of more excessive force."<i></i> Another pause, as he allowed the information to process Aru's head. This could be a lot to take in. "Non-Elemental jutsus are required though in the creation of some advanced elements. When advance elements draw upon the non-elemental features ... some rules of the natural law of elements are broken. It's a case by case basis really. For instance ... combining lightning and fire makes plasma. Not blood plasma, but more of a very fine energy. You can super heat water using plasma to the point of ... vaporizing it."<i></i>

By this time another student had entered. Curiously her glasses were fogged up. "Salutations Kotone of House Manami. I would think that from your quiet entry that your ... class ended most abruptly and most ... unpleasantly?"<i></i> Sousuke made a mental note to himself to have a certain someone removed from the ranks of teaching and to do so promptly. "Well... you have arrived at a prime moment. I am about to demonstrate a jutsu - the body swap jutsu."<i></i> Sousuke held his hands out and very slowly went through the seals announcing each of them to his two students. "You don't need to call out the name of the seal, merely perform them as I have."<i></i> Again he went through the seals for them to see but without calling out the seals this time. "Now then..."<i></i> Sousuke was about to get up, but he had yet again realized that his legs weren't quite working yet. "I'm going to call upon a creation of mine. Don't worry, he may look menacing, but he isn't."<i></i> Sousuke turned his gaze upon one of the desks and preformed hand seals quickly to conjure a metal clone. The desk merely broke apart and became an iron exoskeleton with a set of red glowing eyes. The clone merely turned his head to the two students and he took a bow as a means to greet them. "With body swap I can swap positions with my clone here or a kawamiri target. Usually you use this to dodge an attack, but you will be displaced momentarily. Sometimes people on their first body swap end up ... completely disoriented."<i></i> Sousuke would then turn to Shiori. "I'm going to permit them to throw something at me. Don't worry."<i></i> Sousuke then proceeded to get up, but when he did so metallic plates would slip out of his clothing to form around him. The plates would merely cover his legs so as to make walking easier. The Steward got up and handed both Aru and Kotone a blackboard eraser. He then walked to the end of the room, and stood there. "Now then. First Aru. Throw the eraser at me. Kotone keep an eye on my metallic friend won't you? He's about to be transported, and I want you to keep a sharp eye as the moment is very quick and instant ... which I refer to as phase shifting."<i></i>

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

Aru listened to her sensei as he explained that though some non-elemental jusus were weaker, they were able to break the binds of natural limitations that elemental jutsu had. He used fire and water for an example. She smiled and nodded at him as he was explaining her question perfectly. Then he went and spoke of advanced elemental jutsu, but she had not heard of this before. Raising an eyebrow, she pondered on what he meant when he said advanced element, but before she could ask her newly formed question, a new student walked in. Her name was Kotone, and she was kinda pretty. Aru smiled at the nervous looking girl and waived at her. "Hellow there."<i></i> She directed her attention back to her sensei as he was about to show off a super amazing new jutsu. As he formed the signs, Aru brought up her hands and mimicked the seals so that she could have it memorized.

She was shocked as her sensei was able to create a clone jutsu, but not just any clone technique, this was a metallic clone, was this an advanced elemental justu that he spoke of earlier? maybe this was earth with non-elemental added in. She listened closely to her teacher as she received a eraser. As sensei walked across the room, Aru stood up and smiled. Winking at her sensei and raising her hand she got a little cocky. "You ready for this Sensei? I know that I won't miss!"<i></i> She pulled her arm back and held the eraser like a kunai. Launching the eraser at a quick pace, she had tageted her senei's face. It would surely hit him right on her target. She smiled as the eraser got closer.

((So sorry for any typos, I'm on my tablet w/ a bluetooth keyboard, it doesn't always work with me...))

 

[Michi]

OCC: I have been doing double shifts all week long, I am sorry for my unannounced/untimely disappearance. I am not offended by anyone that wishes to skip me, Sousuke has permission to godmod my character in this thread if an action BY me is necessary but I will make attempts to post as well.

She was invited to sit on the floor, that would have been a good idea if she could get out of the desk she squeezed herself into. How did she ever fit into one of these diminutive classroom fixtures. She wanted out, the face of the desk was pushed deep into her stomach, immediately below her ribs. It was hard to breathe, a likely result of limited diaphragmatic excursion. She shifted uncomfortably in her desk as she tried to squirm free. It made a horrid squealing sound with her failed attempt for freedom.

Cousin was going on about the varied types of jutsus, she was not much of an academic, a likely reason that she never rose in the ranks despite her 'familial'connections. A term used loosely of course to describe the ward-like status she has in his family, being raised by Sousuke's uncle from an early age. She was even given their surname, perhaps a sign that she was thought of as one of their own. In many ways she was treated well because of this association, kinship to political positions of power afforded her many kindness' that she would never understand. She also served as a perpetual disappointment, her naive nature and her physical limitations made honoring her family name difficult. She understood her inadequacy and she hated herself for it but she could not change these parts consciously anymore than she could change the nature of the sun moon and stars.

In came another student, she really knew nothing about these kids or why cousin was even in this room teaching them but in came another student. Cousin greeted her, Shiori still struggling against the might of the classroom desk attempted a wave in greeting. Sadly, the wild rocking of her desk in an attempt to find freedom coupled with her arm movement resulted in displacement of the desk. The desk toppled over onto its side with a resounding crash. It would have hurt less if the desk was made of cotton and the floor was made of pillows but alas the desk was made of metal and the floor of stone or perhaps tile. Sousuke continued to ramble on about Kawamiri No-Jutsu,a she found the term "phase shift" a denial of logic -- man and target do not switch as much as the location of the ninja is replaced by a target and the ninja finds another place to be. If the ninja was able to avoid attack in the first place by... moving out of the way, why did he/she bother leaving a stump in their wake? Do people really carry stumps? Hopefully most shinobis master their Body Switch skill to the point where they can swap placed with an illusion clone. Again, how and why they swap places without mass is another wonder to be left for another day.

Shiori let out an irritated cough from the cock-eyed position she now rested, the desk on its side and her torso resting to the left and her legs to the right. With her elbows rested on the 45 degree angle that would be her theoretical work surface she wondered if her cough was enough to garner her cousin's attention. Her hands started to travel through an array of hand-seals. Shiori was a medic, not a ninjutsuist, but she was rather proficient in a modality of elemental ninjutsu thanks to her actual genetics. Upon the completion of the handseals she shot off an attack aimed at her cousin, it was far from the most powerful ninjutsu he would have faced as the Steward. She released a Hurricane at her cousin. Another student was also chucking an eraser at him, she was right... it probably won't miss if he prioritizes her attack. A limitation of the Body Switch Jutsu is the fact that it cannot be used to avoid multiple attacks, it is a reactionary attack that is used to counter a single attack and in the immediate refractory period the user suffers a reduction to their dodge skill (specifically, -3). There was one sad fact that Shiori forgot about her attack, she was utilizing an A-Rank Ninjutsu attack, attacks of such a scale are too powerful for Body Switch to be effective upon. In addition, Body Switch is an attack that cannot be used again for 10 full seconds (OC Note: 10 seconds is the duration of a "round").

The winds Shiori had summoned were monstrous, greater than she had anticipated as they ripped into the front of the classroom. The roar of the slicing winds was not meant for her classmates, the direction was the front of the classroom which was inadequate for this particular ninjutsu. The winds were surprisingly not damaging against Sousuke, this particular attack was something that served to partition a battlefield in accordance with the preference of the wind user. Sousuke would not be damaged by this attack but he would be separated from his pupils and they from him unless they ran to his side as the attack was circumferential The back wall would be ripped away by the force of the wind, the empty or potentially occupied classroom on the other side would be left exposed. If flashers present or otherwise.

Shiori remained cocked on her side on the floor upon the completion of her "attack."

"Well ****. Erm, Sorry!"

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

((Bump? it's been 5 days))

 

[Michi]

OC: I'll PM/Message Sousuke about posting.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke watched his cousin struggled. She really seemed to be having a hard time of trying to get out the desk. He had no doubt in his mind that she could get out... or would she? She continued to fight against the desk, and so Sousuke left her alone for the moment. Sousuke preformed hand seals for the body swap technique. "Ready when you are Aru... wait... Shiori what are you doing...? I can break you out of that desk if necessary. Don't do anything hasty now... what hand seals are you doing there? Fox, Serpent, ... Horse ... you're not using a wind jutsu are you?"<i></i> With that Shiori unleashed hurricane winds upon the class room. It wasn't very pleasant as the room was being torn up. Sousuke quickly encased himself in the rest of his armour as he body began encased in black plate. The Steward held himself in a defensive position as the hurricane was sent towards him. His cousin probably had no harmful intentions on her mind, but sometimes she wasn't always self aware.

On top of that the eraser came flying at his way Unfortunately it too got stuck inside the hurricane and it ended up hitting Sousuke on the head. Well then, the kid had a good arm. The hurricane winds swept up Sousuke as he was pulled in, but so was the eraser. Sousuke was stuck flying around within the hurricane. "Shiori."<i></i> He would say as he made his first rotation. This ... ... is ... ... not ... ... good ... ... for ... ... the ... ... class ... ... make ... ... it ... ... stop ... ... please? ... ... This ... ... is ... ... quite ... reckless ... ... of ... ... you."<i></i> Around around the Steward goes. Where he stops? Well, he was trying to figure out where exactly he would stop. Papers were flying, desks which were stacked on the sides were being pulled in, and now the chalkboard was starting to appear to be pulling away from the wall. "See ... ... this ... ... Aru ... ... some ... jutsu ... ... cannot ... ... be ... ... avoided ... ... using ... ... body ... ... swap ... due ... ... to ... ... their ... ... extreme ... ... power."<i></i> At the very least even when caught in a windstorm he was still trying to teach the students.

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

As Aru sent the eraser flying at Steward-Sensei, she realized that Shiori had plans of her own. With a blast of wind coming at her sensei, Aru quickly stepped to the side, trying to get completely out of the way. She landed soundly and looked up at her flying sensei. She let out a sigh, this woman-child was rather annoying. Aru pinched the bridge of her nose as she heard her sensei starting to speak. She smiled at him, even though things didn't come out as planned, a point was proven. Not all strong techniques can be avoided so easily, and like the giant hurricane in the room, some jutsu are just to powerful for the substitution. Aru tried to brace herself as she felt the vortex tugging at her body, the yellow ribbon in her hair was sent flying, making her red hair fly about as if it were made of fire.

((OoC: not much I can do... I could throw thermal maws at it but... yeah... not going to do anything haha.))

 

[Michi]

Shiori was very helpful. She helped Sousuke make a point in class. As he spun around the classroom demanding the end to her swirling vortex. She could feel the pride swelling up inside of her. The classroom was torn asunder, the broken hunks of mortar and stone joined him in his whirling path as did the eraser.

"Sou-

Sou!

Sousu-

Sou- Su- Ke!"

"Stay still! I am trying to talk to you!" Shiori complained. The winds persisted despite her cousin's plea. Some ninjutsus can be maintained for a period of time often only several seconds (there are 10 seconds in a round, so a jutsu that lasts for 3 rounds would last for only 30 seconds). A stone shot out from the whirlwind and clocked Shiori in the face.

Everything went dark after that. The winds stopped immediately with the Hashigake's loss of consciousness. That is the thing with maintained ninjutsus, the manifest and persist due to the will and power of the caster but when the caster losses their awareness (such as falling asleep, dying, or loosing consciousness, she maintained jutsu would cease.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke continued to try and calculate where he was going to land. It was actually difficult because of the number of variables. He did see a yellow ribbon head his way which most likely belonged to Aru. The Steward shifted his head, Aru's hair was blowing wildly. The Steward reached out and grabbed the ribbon he figured that the ribbon had some sort of significance to her. The Steward barely missed the ribbon but he did snag it. "G-got it."<i></i> The Steward then turned his attention back to Shiori. "Incoming projectile, Shiori move your head to the left. Do it in three, two, one... and..."<i></i> No. Shiori did not move her head, instead she got clocked in the head by a piece of debris. The winds then stopped. The Steward was then falling himself, and he would have face planted into the floor, but at the very last second his armoured black form vanished.

The Steward reappeared before Shiori and stopped her from falling. The Steward held his cousin in his arms. He turned around with Shiori in his arms and adjusted her to be holding her over his shoulder in what was a fireman's hold. The Steward approached Aru and handed her the ribbon back. "Yes. I suppose that was an applied learning."<i></i> Sousuke looked about seeing the damage that his cousin had caused. "This isn't too bad. She's done worse before."<i></i> He explained to the student. "Right then... since my attempt to use the body swap jutsu failed because of Shiori's little wind show, would you like to try your own now?"<i></i> Sousuke would inquire. "Remember the seals I taught you? If you need a refresher just let me know, and I'll put Shiori down ... and we'll go over them again."<i></i> Once again Sousuke observed his surroundings. His white eyes narrowed. "This class room did need a spruce up, but I didn't want it to come about in this manner... how terrible, but convenient. I never did like this room anyways."<i></i>

 

[Hyuuga Mirame]

Aru had her face covered as the storm continued, that was until the woman-child was knocked out. Aru smirked slightly, served her right. She smiled at her sensei as she grabbed the ribbon back from him and tied her hair back up. "Thank you..." She continued to listen to her sensei. It was her turn to try out the Substitution Jutsu. Aru quickly made the handseals to perform the jutsu, she also placed her hand on a piece of debris beside to her to make the connection to the jutsu. "I'm ready." She was confident that she had weaved her chakras correctly.

((yeah, I know my post is bad, but I didn't know where to go with this.))